1.Way back in the history of India, this was a village ruled by the Vaghelas. The famous artist of the Mewati Gharana, late Maharana Jaiwant Sinh Vaghela was from the royal family from here. He was a great musician and went on to even be the guru of Pandit Jasraj. This village in modern India turned out to be one of the newsmakers in the economic sense for being one of the largest employers in a direct and indirect manner when it recruited or provided employment to over 20,000 people. What is being described?

Sanand.

2. In 1905, the famous doctor John Spencer and his wife were the first occupants of this place. Their two daughters were Alice and Martha. In 1918, the house was divided into two separate apartments. In 1938, when Mrs. Spencer was widowed she occupied the top floor of the apartment and rented out the ground floor. The tenants insisted on a small 8 by 18 foot space adjacent to the ground floor to be rented to them as well. She did so, but who were her tenants?

Hewlett and Packard of HP; The Garage.

3. The Mount Harriet Island National Park is from the Andaman & Nicobar Islands [Buzzer pressed]

The imagery found on the Indian 20 Rupee note.

4. This was a 13th century term that was used for money that you paid at a tavern for food and drinks or when the hat was passed on to pay the entertainer who was performing. Anyone who did not have to pay or was exempted from paying taxes was said to be ____________. It became a common term and it also meant a tax that paid the Sheriff’s expenses. What is the term that came into existence when you did not have to pay tax or you were exempted from paying these taxes that were meant for the entertainer?

The tax was called Scot, and if you didn’t pay the tax, you went scot-free.

5. At a price of 50 guineas, it was first made by the Elkington Company of Birmingham and is a copy of an electrotype that Caspar Enderlein from the pewter original found in the Louvre. Over a period of time, they came up with a date lettering system to ensure the special one is accurately dated. What is this product that is annually displayed to the world once on one day?

Venus Rosewater Dish that is given to the Ladies’ Singles champion every year at The Championships, Wimbledon.

6. Crazy, Sanitary, Wide, Miniature, Basic, Bendable, Candy, Extendo, Spoon are all types of this product believed to have been invented by the Sumerians who were extraordinary beer drinkers. What?

Straws

7. Saudi Arabia has opened itself to a special group of customers. These “customers” will receive spa treatment, plenty of exercise for their body, luxury rehabilitation in Riyadh [Buzzer Pressed]

These are ex-Al Qaeda operatives who are being rehabilitated as a social initiative.

8. In the 18th century, the media referred to these as penny universities [Buzzer Pressed]

Coffee houses where you pay a penny for a coffee and end up discussing literature/culture/world politics just like you would at university.

3. This is a famous Kashimiri who started a caste iron business. His famous son runs it today. Which famous group in the world are we talking about? or who is the famous son?

Nawaz Sharif; Ittefaq Group

4. This would lead you to a type of product with a specific name. What is the logic of this shoe? What are we talking about?

Plimsol shoes; comes from plimsol line which is a line on a ship.

5. What word in the world of finance comes from this town in Belgium where 15th century merchants met [Buzzer Pressed]

This is a square in Belgium where the first stock market was located called beurs which then gave rise to bourse.

6. Armata and Morea were names of regions in Greece during the middle ages. The winged lion represents Saint Mark of the Bible. These coins come in two denominations: 1 soldo and 2 soldi. What were these called later used in a completely different industry?

Gazzetta; giving rise to the word Gazzette

7. Identify this cash-rich entity (based in United Kingdom) from this clue.

The Chelsea Pensioners; Chelsea Football Club

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Round 3:

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Round 4:

1. [Question is not available]

2. [Complete text of question is not available] _________ World Championships

Monopoly World Championships

3. BPCL produced Octane 97 Petrol in India [Buzzer Pressed]

Petrol exclusively produced for Sachin Tendulkar’s Ferrari.

4. River flows from Thames to Hudson [Buzzer Pressed]

Referred to as project, “River.” Verizon was referred to as “Hudson,” after the Hudson River that flows past Manhattan; Vodafone as “Thames” because of London’s River Thames; deal where Verizon bought out Vodafone’s stake in the former’s wireless unit.

Round 5:

1.

Overall connect is the Bible. References made to the Bible; Bruce Henderson was a Bible salesman; All brands mentioned derive their name from the Bible; Zondervan’s parent company is Harper-Collins who are the largest publishers of the Bible. The video is in relation to El Al, the Israeli airline company.

2.

Overall connect is Garry Kasparov. K is the Kasparov logo; he is on the Board of Directors of the Human Rights Foundation; he is listed as a Contributory Editor of the Wall Street Journal.

3.

Overall connect is Luca Pacioli. Image describes double-entry accounting; he shared lodging with Da Vinci and is believed to have helped the artist with the last supper.

4.

All brands associated with the first successful climb to Mt. Everest.

Round 6:

1.

Clue 1: Cabin bookings of wealthy passengers on the cooler side of the ship travelling between England and India.

Origin of the word Posh

2.

Clue 1: This is believed to have been derived from the system of merits and de-merits introduced in work practices by the Fall Brook railroad superintendent G.R. Brown from 1886.

Clue 2: One of the early citations of the term is from Marvin Miles article titled, ____ ______ a new measure of a husband.

Origin of Brownie Points

3.

Clue 1: This type is historically attributed to production centres in India and Sri Lanka where it was produced using what was called the “wootz” process.

1. In 1687, a French envoy to Thailand, then known as Siam, wrote about mines of Ruby and ________. He wrote back saying “there are mines abound of Rubies and _________ and these are of abundant value and people are are ignorant of what they are”. Many years later, the Kanchanaburi mines became one of the world’s leading sources for this. What am I describing?

First usage of the word Phailin meaning “sapphire” in Thai.

2. Remarked by many as one of the greatest real estate deals in the world, this was purchased for $ 15 million from France. [Buzzer Pressed]

The Louisiana Purchase.

3. This Economics professor from Yale in one of his theoretical papers stated “the concept is interested and well formed, however [Buzzer Pressed]

The concept note on FedEx.

4. This is a magazine which focuses on research that would make people laugh and think [Buzzer Pressed]

The Annals of Improbable Research which gives out the Ig Nobel Prize.

5. This wares and handicrafts of this community which were originally made between 1843 to 1947 was from the north-western most province of British India. Since the wares of the this community came from that region, the migrants and their work were named after this place. How do we know this from the history of India?

Because the wares they sold and traded in originally were the handicrafts of Sind (‘Sind works’), these migrants were known as ‘Sindworkis’ and the type of long-distance translocal commerce they practised as ‘Sindwork’.

6. This company was founded by Samuel in 1844 as an engineering concern [Buzzer Pressed]

Pearson Publishing Company

7. He needed money to get prototypes created. He borrowed equipment from his father’s silk factory. He rigged machines to produce nitrous oxide or laughing gas. He went on to sells samples of the gas and assorted patented machines. To add an aura to his credibility, this Hartford teenage became the celebrated doctor of New York, London and Calcutta. Who?

Samuel Colt

8. Its a new game that is being used by corporates and specially in manufacturing units to train shop floor workers. The game is called Floduku. What is the game all about?

1. This is one of the worst cases of hyperinflation found in the world. It had to be changed to another currency. Which country’s currency?

Hungarian pengő later changed to forint.

2. Which family from the world of sport owns this company?

The Djokovic family.

3. This is a unique graveyard [Buzzer Pressed]

Ben & Jerry’s graveyard for retired flavours.

4. This is the watch worn by Gagarin when we went to space. The watch was sold in a unique manner when it was launched. How did they sell the Gagarin watch?

The watch was worn to space. Hence the only way you can buy this watch is on in-flight sales, no where on ground, but only on air.

5. This gentleman is Bircher-Brenner. He pioneered something in the world of nutrition. What?

He is best known for the invention of the mueslicereal.

6. What is the term that comes out of this?

Poka-yoke

7. Whose identify is this from the world of dictionaries?

Lifco

8. What is special about this G.I product?

These are metallic mirrors from Aranmula.

Round 3:

1. In the 1940’s, National Radio and Engineering Company was floated to manufacture radio transmitters and receivers. Instead they had to manufacture something else which became parachute fasteners and buckles. Why?

The British wanted these to be made for their soldiers during the World War.

2. It was launched in 1976 as Jaffe and marketed with the help of Voltas. How does India know this?

Rasna

3. Built in 1945 by Walter George, this Intach listed heritage building is now a part of the Taj Hotels. Which property from Delhi are we describing?

The Ambassador

4. In 1974, J.R.D was conferred an honorary post given for the first time in India to a businessman. What post was this?

Air Vice Marshall

Round 4:

1. Moxy Hotels will open their outlet in 2014. It is a partnership between Marriott and which famous chain in this world?

IKEA

2. Which country’s top level domain is .su?

Soviet Union

3. Often used in military jargon, what does ‘MRE’ stand for?

Meals Ready-to-eat

4. Which product in this world, for the simple reason that more number of people should have access to it, pioneered the concept of hire purchase.

Singer sewing machines

Round 5:

1.

Overall answer is Bajaj.

2.

Overall answer is Goodyear Tyres.

3.

Overall answer is Puma.

4.

Overall answer is Vazir Sultan Tobacco.

Round 6:

1.

Clue 1: Born in 1963, I am a CA and former employee of IDBI.

Clue 2: I was part of a core 5 member team selected by the government in the early nineties to create a screen-based pan India stock exchange.

Clue 3: I am the first woman to head NSE.

Chitra Ramakrishna

2.

Clue 1: I am an alumnus of IIT, IIM and MIT. [Buzzer Pressed]

Dr. Raghuram Rajan

3.

Clue 1: My brother showed me early direction and my career saw me rise from the rank of a junior commissioned officer to director.

Clue 2: Adidas powered my legendary performances.

Clue 3: I sold the movie rights for my life story for a mere one Rupee with a cause that a share of the profits would be given to my charitable trust.

The Quiz finished on a high, literally with the winning Tata Steel Team actually breaking their table even after Pickbrain’s warnings! Being the last city of the crucible circuit this year, it probably didn’t matter. Tata Steel was closely followed by a married couple from Tata Motors. The guest of honor was Mr. T.V Narendran, the next MD of Tata Steel. A lot of school kids also had their moment of glory as they answered questions “passed” by the corporate participants.

Results

WINNER:

Tata Steel – E G Khan and Sourav Das

RUNNER UP:

Tata Motors – Ms. Loveleen Mishra and Bismoy Ranjan Pati

Round 1:

1. Charles Russell Coined this term. He said “ Its a process whereby businesses and organisations outgrow their radius. Which term?

Globalisation

2. The Treaty of Amsterdam is famous in the world of banking and finance. Why ?

The birth of European Central Bank

3. Andre Laguerre, a French sports journalist, in order to gain viewership during the months of winter, started this. What?

Sports Illustrated Swim Suit Edition

4. Who defines a mission statement as “a long awkward sentence that demonstrates management’s inability to think clearly”?

Dilbert

5. Penguin in the 90s started a collection called the Best Bond Collection. What was it?

Ruskin Bond Collection

6.The London Fox was called so for a reason. Why?

Future Option eXchange

Round 2:

1. Identify.

Imperial Bank of India

2. Identify.

SEBI

3. Identify.

Cable and Wireless

4. Identify.

Marks and Spencer

5. Identify.

Valentino

6. Who is this owned by?

The Times Group

Round 3:

1. WIth which Tata Joint Venture would you associate Gaurav Garg?

Tata AIG

2. (Text of question not available) Question on Tata coffee and pepper

3. (Text of question not available) Question on FC Kohli

4.This Tata Company is one of the most premium leather producing brands. Which one?

Tata International

Round 4:

1. This American entity has a lighthouse as its logo. (Buzzer pressed)

Scripps

2. He was 1st visionary Indian ruler who made free primary education compulsory. Who?

Sayaji Rao

3. Which famous lady endorses Arisia Diamonds?

Maharani Gayatri Devi

4. Ralph Nader coined the phrase. (Buzzer pressed)

Whistleblower

Round 5:

1. Connect:

Verghese Kurien

2. Connect:

Lux

3. Connect:

Bharti

4. Connect:

Rajesh Khanna

Round 6:

Look Beyond

1. Javed Akhtar is on the board of directors of this. (Buzzer pressed)

Jet Airways

2. Founded in 1891, originally selling products such as soap and baking powder. (Buzzer pressed)

Wrigleys

3.Formula: W= (Rv + Cm) / (v +m)

IMDB ratings formula

Questions reviewed by Anirban Kundu. Anirban is in standard 12 at Loyola School, Jamshedpur. A popular name in the indian quizzing circuit, he has appeared on national television a couple of times. (NDTV Croma Tech Grandmasters, History TV18 Young Pioneers). With an enthusiastic personality, he aspires to be an entrepreneur. This year he is even going to represent his city in the South Asian Finals of the Horlicks Wizkid.

The Quiz finished on a high, literally with the winning Tata Steel Team actually breaking their table even after Pickbrain’s warnings! Being the last city of the crucible circuit this year, it probably didn’t matter. Tata Steel was closely followed by a married couple from Tata Motors. The guest of honor was Mr. T.V Narendran, the next MD of Tata Steel. A lot of school kids also had their moment of glory as they answered questions “passed” by the corporate participants.

Results

WINNER:

Tata Steel – E G Khan and Sourav Das

RUNNER UP:

Tata Motors – Ms. Loveleen Mishra and Bismoy Ranjan Pati

PRELIMINARY ROUNDS:

1. What is the full form of IRCTC ?

Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation

2. One of its brands means “ An inhabitant or occupant of a particular place” to signify that it is accessible to all. The parent brand is synonym with the Arcuate design. Which brand ?

Levi Strauss

3. This term was coined by Raelph Vaerst. Its first use is credited to Don Hoefler.

Silicon Valley

4. If Chaebol : South Korea :: Zaibatsu: __________ ?

Japan

5. Advertising campaign by ?

Penguin

6.Google has tied up with which fashion house for a project that allows users to capture and send a kiss to anyone in the world using their phone or webcam?

Burberry

7. Maxwell House, a brand of coffee from Kraft Foods has the slogan ‘Good Till The Last Drop’. Whose line ?

Theodore Roosevelt

8. CricJockey was a campaign launched to find the most die hard cricket fan. ESPN CricInfo tied up with which company for this ?

Hyundai

9.Barney New York, a luxury department store, came up with the idea of ‘Electric Holiday’ . With whom did they tie up ?

Disney

10. Who is the author?

P Chidambaram

11. Which ice cream parlour has the slogan. ‘More flavour, More Fun’ ?

Baskin & Robbins

12. Which company replaces Umbro, the kit sponsor of the England Football Team from 2013 ?

Nike

13. Which popular alcoholic beverage from Kilmarnock comes in square bottles ?

Johnnie Walker

14. Which sign is situated on Mount Lee in USA ? (Clue: Its a trademark)

Hollywood sign

15. She is Suzane Klatter. With which automobile brand would you associate her ?

BMW

16. Which Product was advertised as a product faster than shaving ?

Veet

17. What was advertised as the first desensitizing toothpaste ?

Sensodyne

18. With which group would you associate Q Shop with ?

Sahara

19. This brand which was originally from Balsara that then came under Dabur’s banner. Which?

Odomos

20. He is Pascal Lamy. Which organisation would you associate him with?

WTO

Questions reviewed by Anirban Kundu. Anirban is in standard 12 at Loyola School, Jamshedpur. A popular name in the indian quizzing circuit, he has appeared on national television a couple of times. (NDTV Croma Tech Grandmasters, History TV18 Young Pioneers). With an enthusiastic personality, he aspires to be an entrepreneur. This year he is even going to represent his city in the South Asian Finals of the Horlicks Wizkid.

1) In 1960s, described by the management at Brylcreem as the “Beatles Effect”,which led to the drop in sales for brylcreem, as other bands started to come into the picture as well. Why the drop in sales?

Earlier, they kept wet hair and later they went on to sport an unkempt look not requiring Brylcreem.

2) During the East India Company era, official letters did not require stamps. They were marked as OCS. What is OCS?

On Company Service

3) Established in 1909, when a gentleman from Bombay worked in a lab of an Englishman. The man was handed over the lab as the Englishman left India. The shop was started in Abdul Rahman street. Initially he sold hair oils and imported perfumes. Known as snow brand. What?

Afghan Snow

4) Founded in 1984 to provide knowledge driven financial services. As the Indian economy was being redefined by market changes, the “formidable four of Dalal Street” started shaping this enterprise. Company named after Sanskrit for ‘about a soul. What’?

Enam Securities

5) In 1934, General Squier, a retired Army Corps experimented with something. What?

Elevator Music (MUZAK-Music & Kodak)

6) Apart from public holidays, this entity has only been closed on 2 other occasions. One was on 8 Aug, 1855 during Ulysees grant’s funeral and the other time was on 29 October 2012- Hurricane sandy. Which entity?

NYSE

Round 2:

1) NBC TV show on rivalry of which 2 business houses?

Jardine Matheson & Swire Group

2) Connect:

Setting up of RBI

3) She’s a famous software engineer who earlier worked at Real Time Communication Group and Oracle. She did her bachelors from Carnegie Mellon. She started her own company Cove which was acquired later by Dropbox. She was the 1st female engineer hired by Facebook. Who?

Ruchi Sanghvi

4) Who launched this scent which smells of vegetable, cheese & tomato sauce?

Pizza Hut

5) This is a famous award from Ministry of Textiles. What?

Sant Kabir Award

6) What list of 50 did they create?

CNX 50 NIFTY Index

Round 3:

1) This person is credited with the funding of the 1st archaeological excavation at Pataliputra –for finds from 1913 to 1917. Who?

Sir Ratan Tata

2) Which global medal of philanthropy was awarded to Tata in 2007, becoming the exclusive Indian organization to receive one. This award is named after a famous philanthropist. Which award?

Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy

3) Fatima Zakaria, widow of Rafiq Zakaria and mother of Fareed Zakaria, was an editor of Mumbai Times. She is now editor of a Camelia Punjabi publication. What publication?

Taj Coffee Table Book

4) If in 2007, the JV involving a Indonesian franchise & a Future group enterprise failed, how has it be reshaped into now, what is a successful partnership?

Starbucks

Round 4:

1)

Designer Raymond Loewy

2)

Webby Awards

3)

Four Seasons Hotel

4) Question on Carlton & United Beverages

Round 5:

1) Om Books has the translation rights in India from Casterman Publishers to publish what here?

Tintin

2) The first signature product was a radio which worked with alternating current. Whose first product?

Bang & Olufsen

3) The foundation of the company’s origins lies with A.S. Bhatena who collaborated with Wanson From Belgium to Wanson India. Which company?

1. This company – founded in 1989 as Interactive Home System- changed to Continuum Production in 1994. Later, phrase as Latin for ‘wicker basket’. Company’s emerging view as a storehouse of view. The big boss at the company is Gary Shenk. Which company?

3. Traditional participants- small union flags on desk to pause proceedings. Process culminates with the line- ‘There are no flags. We are fixed.’ What?

Fixing of Gold Prices

4. Conrad Hilton-asked about specialization of hotel business, said there are three important things. What are these?

Location, Location, Location.

5. Mandom Corp- manufactures cosmetics and toiletries. Went to the IPAB in Chennai to remove Fem’s trademark contending Mandom has been using it since 1978. The name is also a famous fictional character of the 1920s. What?

Gatsby

6. Around 1917, Daniel Moore – developed this for GE at the Smithsonian Institute. This was a footnote in this innovation which works on the principle of coronal discharge.

Neon Signs

Round 2:

1) What famous product comes from this?

Botox

2) What comes out from this?

Platinum

3) Who was represented in this advertisement?

Rabindranath Tagore

4) World’s leading manufacturers of?

Christmas Trees

5) Identify brand.

Jeep (Eugene the Jeep from Popeye)

6) Identify person.

Ritu Beri

Round 3:

1. In 1917, architect- Govt. Of Bombay- President of institute of Architects- assigned with the work at Bombay House, IISc as well as consulted in various other projects. Who?

George Wittet

2. 1933-1937: Person was director at IISc. One of the finest directors – known for his contribution to physics. Who?

CV Raman

3. The origins of company- Pollibetta Coffee Estates and Coorg Corp came together

Tata Coffee

4. This head of State- ‘If I were to stay, only one location’. 1st officially declared head of state to stay here post 2008?

Barack Obama

Round 4:

1) Connect:

Nestle

2) Connect:

Johnson & Johnson

3) Connect:

Scott Adams

4) Connect:

NCR

Round 5:

1) This tycoon was the host of Apprentice Asia for the 2011/2012 season. Who?

1) In 1983, Parle came out with the ‘Goldspotting’ campaign in its tie-up with this Walt Disney film in India. Which one?

Jungle Book

2) Jamia Milia University was founded by a former president of India, Dr. Zakir Hussain along with a famous personality?

Khwaja Abdul Hamied

3) Who’s the famous Indian designer associated with the First Lady of the US, Michelle Obama?

Naeem Khan

4) Humphrey Bogart’s famous line from Casablanca (1942) – ‘Of all the ____ joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine.’ Fill in the missing word for a product.

Gin

5) Print advertisement for?

Exxon Mobil

6) The first known origin of this comes from 550 B.C. in Croesus with the King of Lydia in Turkey. What?

Gold Coins

7) Famous woman corporate executive behind Harvard aerobics program in the 1980s during her days of sporting big hair and blue eye shadow. Who?

Sheryl Sandberg

8) Which shoe brand is owned by Red Diamond Holdings? [HINT: Sounds like a jeans brand]

Lee Cooper

9) He is the 1st Indian owner of a NBA team- Golden State Warriors. Identify.

Vivek Ranadive

10) Which newspaper does MIthun Chakraborty run in the film ‘Guru’?

The Independent (Swatantra)

11) Meera Shankar is the 1st woman director of which Indian conglomerate which celebrated its centenary a few years back?

ITC

12) Management guru who had his publication of “What if the Female Manager of a High-School Baseball Team read _______’s ‘Management’ which became popular in Japan?

Peter Drucker

13) Delhi-born Raj Chetty won the prestigious Bates Clark award this year considered a parallel to a Nobel in economic sciences. It is known as the ____ Nobel. Fill in the blank.

Baby Nobel

14) Stephen Schwartzmann, in April 2013, announced a $100 million personal gift to establish and endow an scholarship program in this important Asian country to start Schwarzman Scholars, modeled after the Rhodes Scholarship. Which country?

20) Which Africa-based financial services company was the title sponsor for the Ashes this year?

Investec

21) In 1967, he became one of the most expensive players in the country when he joined Rangers for £65,000 in a record transfer?

Sir Alex Ferguson

22) BISP is a cash transfer program in Pakistan known as ________ Income Support Programme is similar to the Direct Benefit Transfer scheme being launched here in India. Who or what is the missing word?

Benazir

23) Soviet news agency Tass coined this sobriquet for a famous political personality in 1967. Who?

Iron Lady

24) Which famous Jindal is the Chairman & MD of JSW Steel, India’s largest steel producer?

Q.1 Playtex is a company known in the 50’s and 60’s for fine garment manufacturing especially Bras and Undergarments. It was called upon in the late 1960’s to create something which required minute detail. What?

Ans: Space-Suits for Apollo Mission

Q.2 This product was launched by Matt O’Connor in 2011 as a healthy alternative for children for a practice that has remained same for years. What did he create and whom was it named after?

Ans: Breast Milk named after Lady Gaga

Q.3 Student Zing Jia came up with the idea for this. It is something which we never experience and Zing Jia believed that all should experience this. It is currently a rage in South-East Asia, What?

Ans: Experience Death. They give you a potion which knocks you out for a few hours and then arrange a funeral for you where you can call all your friends and relatives.

Q.4 Exchange National Bank of Chicago asked for Bullet-proof Glasses in 1946. Why?

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